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Once again, left-click on the wireless-connection icon in the upper screen panel. As before, choose “'''VPN Connections''',” but this time when the sub-menu flies out, you'll see the name of the VPN profile you created. Click on that.
[[File:Vpn-18.png|center|Launching an OpenVPN connection to your Amahi server.]]
If this is the first time you attempted using this connection, Ubuntu will seek your permission to add the security information in your VPN connection profile into its “keyring” (the place Ubuntu stores your other passwords). Click “'''Always Allow'''.”
[[File:Vpn-19.png|center|Allowing the OpenVPN application to access the Ubuntu keyring.]]
If you look carefully at the wireless-connection icon in the upper panel, you'll see a sort of “spinning doughnut” that pops up a small padlock on every revolution. That means that OpenVPN is attempting to make the secure VPN connection. Be patient. And note that once in a while, the attempt may time out and you'll see something like the following pop-up message:
[[File:Vpn-20.png|center|Activity in the wireless-connection icon area.]]
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